Bricault & Mondello specimen no. E156.1

Obverse: D N VALEN-S P F AVG - Pearl-diademed and cuirassed bust of Valens r., wearing a paludamentum

Reverse: VOTA PV-BLICA - Harpocrates standing l., naked but for a mantle over his l. shoulder, setting his r. forefinger to his mouth and holding cornucopia in his l. hand

Physical Description

Measurements
- Diameter: 16
- Weight: 1.69

Typological Description

Source: Bricault & Mondello type no. 103

Object Type: Token
Date Range
- From Date: 364 AD
- To Date: 378 AD
Manufacture: Struck
Shape: Circle
Authority
- Authority: Valens
- - Dynasty: Valentinian Dynasty
  - State: Roman Empire
Geographic
- Mint: Rome
- Region: Italy

References

Reference: A. Alföldi, Isis-szertartások Rómában a negyedik század keresztény császárai alatt = A Festival of Isis in Rome under the Christian Emperors of the IVth Century (Dissertationes Pannonicae ex Instituto Numismatico et Archaeologico Universitatis de Petro Pàzmàny Nominatae Budapestinensis Provenientes, Serie II, 7), Budapest 1937, no. 100, pl. XIX, 41.

Administrative History

Collection: Museo Archeologico Nazionale - Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta, Parma
Identifier: 11513

Notes

Note: Pierced at 11 o’clock.

Rights

CopyrightHolder: The institution where the token is housed.
License: All images are copyright of their respective institutions (images)

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